Dennis Feehan
@dennisfeehan.bsky.social
I'm an associate prof at UC Berkeley, where I study demography, social networks, and quantitative methodology.
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Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
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Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
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Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Abstract. Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively all
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
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Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
Assistant Professor – Global History of Technology - Department of History
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Job at UC-Berkeley: Asst. Prof. in Global History of Technology, apps due 10/10 (so soon). #history #histSTM #histsci #histphilsci
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05065
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📣 Job alert! *Assistant Prof in Computational Social Science*. We're a friendly department, with sharp students, at a great institution, in a lovely city. We have real strengths in computational social science & are looking for a colleague to build this further. Share and reach out with quesions!
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣 Job alert! *Assistant Prof in Computational Social Science*. We're a friendly department, with sharp students, at a great institution, in a lovely city. We have real strengths in computational social science & are looking for a colleague to build this further. Share and reach out with quesions!
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📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
www.lse.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 8:54 AM
📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
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New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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Berkeley Sociology is also participating in a cross-campus search in Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - open rank. Assistant Professor candidates for this position should also apply for our open field junior search to be considered for both. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - Rausser College of Natural Resources
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
July 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Berkeley Sociology is also participating in a cross-campus search in Climate Equity and Environmental Justice - open rank. Assistant Professor candidates for this position should also apply for our open field junior search to be considered for both. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04842
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Berkeley Sociology is hiring faculty! Sept 1 application deadline. Two positions: (1) open area junior search. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05013, (2) associate or full professor in Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05012 Please help spread the word!
Assistant Professor - Open Field - Sociology
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
July 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Berkeley Sociology is hiring faculty! Sept 1 application deadline. Two positions: (1) open area junior search. aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05013, (2) associate or full professor in Anti-Black Racism and Social Inclusion aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05012 Please help spread the word!
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Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Starting to look like I might not be able to work at Harvard anymore due to recent funding cuts. If you know of any open statistical consulting positions that support remote work or are NYC-based, please reach out! 😅
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A great two weeks at UCLA! Come join us!
Applications are open for the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science SICSS 2025 at UCLA! Apply by May 2!
Free, 2-wk institute in comp social science for grad students, postdocs & early-career faculty.
sicss.io/2025/ucla/
@ianlundberg.bsky.social @jenniebrand.bsky.social
Free, 2-wk institute in comp social science for grad students, postdocs & early-career faculty.
sicss.io/2025/ucla/
@ianlundberg.bsky.social @jenniebrand.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A great two weeks at UCLA! Come join us!
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*JOB OPENING*
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
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April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
*JOB OPENING*
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
Come join me and the Digital Gender Gaps team @sociologyoxford.bsky.social @oxforddemsci.bsky.social. We study digital gender inequalities and their consequences w/ social media, geospatial, and population data.
tinyurl.com/postdoc-oxf
Apply by 9 May, noon (UK)
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Join our next Brownbag this Wednesday, 4/16 at noon, to hear Magali Barbieri (UC Researcher in Demography at UC Berkeley) present her project, “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.”
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
April 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Join our next Brownbag this Wednesday, 4/16 at noon, to hear Magali Barbieri (UC Researcher in Demography at UC Berkeley) present her project, “Multi-morbidity and the US Disadvantage in Life Expectancy.”
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
Attend in-person at 310 Social Sciences or via Zoom (ID: 985 2901 0198 Passcode: DEMOG_BB).
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We are hiring an education researcher to join the @capolicylab.bsky.social and @berkeleycshe.bsky.social teams. You'll work on projects using administrative data relating to California higher education. Here's more information: capolicylab.org/careers/rese...
April 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We are hiring an education researcher to join the @capolicylab.bsky.social and @berkeleycshe.bsky.social teams. You'll work on projects using administrative data relating to California higher education. Here's more information: capolicylab.org/careers/rese...
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Among these is one working with me -- if you have a background in literary/cultural theory and are interested in the ways in which computational methods, including LLMs, are able to provide support for empirical sensemaking about literature, media and culture, please get in touch!
We just launched an open search for postdocs at the @berkeleyischool.bsky.social in a bunch of areas (social informatics, climate informatics, communications, econ, behavioral science, literary theory, algorithmic justice), all mentored by different faculty: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04845
Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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March 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Among these is one working with me -- if you have a background in literary/cultural theory and are interested in the ways in which computational methods, including LLMs, are able to provide support for empirical sensemaking about literature, media and culture, please get in touch!
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📢 Funding opportunity 📢
We’re accepting applications for the Basia Zaba Scholarship for the MSc in Demography & Health @lshtm.bsky.social 🎓
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for a UK home student
for the 2025-26 academic year. Deadline 26 March.
For more information 👉 tinyurl.com/3j7esk22
We’re accepting applications for the Basia Zaba Scholarship for the MSc in Demography & Health @lshtm.bsky.social 🎓
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for a UK home student
for the 2025-26 academic year. Deadline 26 March.
For more information 👉 tinyurl.com/3j7esk22
Basia Zaba Memorial Scholarship | LSHTM
This scholarship is for the MSc Demography & Health. Professor Basia Zaba (1949-2018) Basia started her long association with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) in 1975 when she
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March 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
📢 Funding opportunity 📢
We’re accepting applications for the Basia Zaba Scholarship for the MSc in Demography & Health @lshtm.bsky.social 🎓
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for a UK home student
for the 2025-26 academic year. Deadline 26 March.
For more information 👉 tinyurl.com/3j7esk22
We’re accepting applications for the Basia Zaba Scholarship for the MSc in Demography & Health @lshtm.bsky.social 🎓
The scholarship covers full tuition fees for a UK home student
for the 2025-26 academic year. Deadline 26 March.
For more information 👉 tinyurl.com/3j7esk22
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Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations
February 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Want to learn about computational social science *for free* and launch interdisciplinary research projects? We are so excited to announce there will be *26* Summer Institutes in Computational Social Science this year! Apply to one of them here: sicss.io/locations
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We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
February 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We are now accepting applications for our Annual Workshop on Formal Demography, taking place in-person at UC Berkeley on June 2-6, 2025. Deadline to apply is March 10.
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
See more information on the workshop and how to apply here: populationsciences.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
Please share widely!
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The Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in the research group of Prof. Ayesha Mahmud.
For more info, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04716
For more info, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04716
Postdoctoral Scholar Employee - Demography
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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December 12, 2024 at 1:53 PM
The Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position in the research group of Prof. Ayesha Mahmud.
For more info, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04716
For more info, visit: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04716
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Are you a PhD student interested in population studies and would like to spend the summer in beautiful Vienna?
Check out the Young Scientists Summer Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis!
YSSP in the Population and Just Societies Program ⬇️
iiasa.ac.at/young-scient...
Check out the Young Scientists Summer Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis!
YSSP in the Population and Just Societies Program ⬇️
iiasa.ac.at/young-scient...
Young Scientists Summer Program in the POPJUS Program
The Population and Just Societies Program (POPJUS) focuses on major societal challenges and delivers insights into current and future population sizes, structures, and distributions that are fundament...
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December 6, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Are you a PhD student interested in population studies and would like to spend the summer in beautiful Vienna?
Check out the Young Scientists Summer Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis!
YSSP in the Population and Just Societies Program ⬇️
iiasa.ac.at/young-scient...
Check out the Young Scientists Summer Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis!
YSSP in the Population and Just Societies Program ⬇️
iiasa.ac.at/young-scient...
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@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is accepting applications for Fall 2025 for the PhD program in Demography AND the Graduate Group in Sociology & Demography. Seeking a diverse and strong cohort; applications DUE 12/17/2024.
Learn more about the program:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...
Learn more about the program:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...
Graduate Program - Department of Demography
Graduate Program UC Berkeley Demography offers three graduate degree tracks independently and in conjunction with the department of Sociology. Ph.D. in Demography The doctoral program is intended to p...
www.demog.berkeley.edu
December 4, 2024 at 8:46 PM
@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social is accepting applications for Fall 2025 for the PhD program in Demography AND the Graduate Group in Sociology & Demography. Seeking a diverse and strong cohort; applications DUE 12/17/2024.
Learn more about the program:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...
Learn more about the program:
www.demog.berkeley.edu/graduate-pro...
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@caseybreen.bsky.social, in “Longevity Benefits of Homeownership,” finds life expectancy differs btw homeowners & renters, presenting “compelling evidence that owning a home in early adulthood has a causal effect on later-life mortality.” @oxforddemsci.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 4, 2024 at 5:50 PM
@caseybreen.bsky.social, in “Longevity Benefits of Homeownership,” finds life expectancy differs btw homeowners & renters, presenting “compelling evidence that owning a home in early adulthood has a causal effect on later-life mortality.” @oxforddemsci.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Applications to host a 2025 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due December 1st. Feel free to email me with questions and/or help connecting with others (especially since grant support will be limited): sicss.io/host
Host a Partner Location
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November 20, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Applications to host a 2025 Summer Institute in Computational Social Science are due December 1st. Feel free to email me with questions and/or help connecting with others (especially since grant support will be limited): sicss.io/host
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Are you a #student who is interested in #Demography and #DataScience & you have no plans for ☀️☀️☀️#summer 2025☀️☀️☀️☀️ yet? Look no more! @mpidr.bsky.social has just the program for you: Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program! Apply until Jan 8, 2025 demogr.mpg.de/go/Incubator...
November 14, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Are you a #student who is interested in #Demography and #DataScience & you have no plans for ☀️☀️☀️#summer 2025☀️☀️☀️☀️ yet? Look no more! @mpidr.bsky.social has just the program for you: Population and Social Data Science Summer Incubator Program! Apply until Jan 8, 2025 demogr.mpg.de/go/Incubator...
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Just a few days left to apply to the CenSoc Users Conference on Dec 6th!
We're hosting a CenSoc Users Conference on December 6th, remote. Please consider joining us! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
CenSoc Users Conference
CenSoc Users Conference Organized by the CenSoc Project (PIs: Joshua R. Goldstein and Jason Fletcher) We invite submissions for our first CenSoc Users Conference. The conference will be held remot...
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October 30, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Just a few days left to apply to the CenSoc Users Conference on Dec 6th!